Product Overview
Max Loads:
| MayDay 18 | 120 kg |
| MayDay 18LT | 120 kg |
| Mayday 18SLT | 115 kg |
Available in Regular, Light and Superlight Versions for Paragliding, Paramotoring and Hang-gliding as well as a Tandem version.
Apco Aviation started manufacturing the Mayday in 1984, and since then put over 30 000 pieces into service in the Paragliding and Hang Gliding markets. The Mayday has hundreds of life saving deployments to its name, from beginners to world champions.
The Mayday is available in four sizes, all available with a short or long bridle, for paragliding or hang gliding. Apco also manufactures a wide range of accessories for the Mayday range. This includes front and side mounted external containers for paragliding as well as external containers for hang gliding, split bridles, long bridle extensions, UV-sleeves and much more.
- Dependable
- Fast Opening
- Low Sink Rate
- High Strength
Recommended accessories for the APCO MayDay 18:
Bridle:
A reserve bridle is the heavy-duty strap, Dyneema, or webbing that physically connects the emergency reserve parachute to your harness. With the MayDay 18 and all other solo paragliders and paramotors, we recommend:
Mallions:
A reserve maillon or mallion is a threaded, high-strength metal connector (or rapid link) used to securely attach a reserve parachute's bridle to a paramotor or paragliding harness. With the MayDay 18 and all other solo paragliders and paramotors, we recommend:
Containers:
A paramotor or paraglider reserve container is a specialized pouch, pack, or cockpit deck that holds an emergency reserve parachute to the harness or frame. APCO has the Following options that fit the MayDay 18 reserve:
APCO 80017 Large Universal Reserve Container with Flight Deck
APCO 81155 External Container for Mayday 16/18 – Flat Packed
APCO 80054 External Emergency Parachute Container for use with Flight Deck
APCO 80029 Zipped on Emergency Parachute Compartment for Universal and SLT Harnesses
APCO 80039 Zipped on Emergency Parachute Container for Split Legs harnesses
Deployment Bag:
A reserve deployment bag (often called an inner container or "diaper bag") is a specialized, small pouch that holds your emergency reserve parachute and keeps its suspension lines neatly stowed until you need to throw it. The deployment bag that should be used with the MayDay 18 is the following:
APCO 44120T Deployment Bag (Regular)
Deployment Handle:
A reserve deployment handle is the physical grip or toggle connected to the pilot's emergency reserve parachute system. When pulled in an emergency, it releases the locking pins or wire holding the reserve container closed and extracts the reserve parachute deployment bag ("diaper") so the pilot can throw it. For the side mount reserve containers, the following is the APCO deployment handle:
